Overview
The Department offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of MSc, MSc (applied) and PhD in the fields of cellular and molecular immunology, microbial physiology and genetics, molecular biology of viruses, and medical microbiology.

Currently, close to 60 microbiology and immunology graduate students are enrolled in the Department, working to further expand current scientific knowledge in the fields of cellular and molecular immunology, microbial physiology and genetics, molecular biology of viruses, and medical microbiology. We also foster close ties with hospitals and research centres across Montreal to favour multidisciplinary research.

Our aim is to create a strong academic environment where graduate students and postdoctoral fellows can develop into independent investigators through sound basic research.

Research FacilitiesIn addition to labs and other resources at the service of particular research groups, McGill University researchers have access to a large number of research facilities on both campuses, as well as a number of off-campus field stations. McGill also houses some inter-institutional research facilities.

Financial Support Available
There are different ways to finance graduate studies at McGill University. A graduate student can:

- win a fellowship from an external granting agency;
- win an internal McGill graduate fellowship;
- win a McGill departmental or faculty award;
- obtain a stipend from their supervisor's research grant or contract;
- receive funding in the form of loans and bursaries from the federal or provincial government;
- receive a differential fee waiver for the international fee supplement.

In 2003-04, graduate students received over $6 million in McGill fellowships and $5 million in salaries. They also attracted approximately $14 million in fellowship funding from Canadian and Quebec government sources, as well as $1.4 million in differential fee waivers for international students from the Quebec government. Over $23 million from research grants and contracts was devoted to graduate student support. Preliminary estimates indicate that over $4 million in fellowships was obtained through other external sources.